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No. 672,538. Patented A/pr. 23, moll.- s. F. scHwlEn.

(Application led Jam 19. 1900.)

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BENJAMIN F. SOHWIER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

MECHANICAL TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,538, dated April 23, 1901.

Application iiled January 19, 1900l Serial No. 2,081. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN F. SCHWIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cauton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Im- 'provements in Mechanical Toys; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part :Of this specification, and to the iigures ofrefsition with the cranked axle and the cranked shaft `for imparting motion to the movable lparts of the toy. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section showing the connected rods properly attached to the crank-shaft of the toy proper.

The present invention has relation to mechanical toys; and it consists in the different `parts and combination of parts hereinafter in the drawings, or it may be of any other desired form, inasmuch as the object of the i present invention may be carried out without any particular reference to the construction of the wagon, except as to the front axle 2. The front or forward axle 2 is provided with -the oppositely-timed cranks 3, to which 0pcenter plate 7 are pivotally connected the legs 9 and 10, the legs 9 being located upon one side of the plate 7 and the legs 10 located upon the opposite side thereof,'as illustrated in the drawings.

For the purpose hereinafter described the legs 9 and 10 are provided with the elongated slots 11, through which elongated slots are passed the pins 12, said pins being securely connected in any convenient and wel`l-known manner to the center plate 7.

For the purpose of holding the top or upper ends of the legs 9 and 10 in aproper relative position the pins 12 should be provided with the heads 13 or their equivalents.

The legs 9 and the legs 10 are pivotally connected together by means of the coupling rods or bars 14, one of said rods being located upon each side of the center plate 7, as illustrated in the drawings.

The coupling rods or bars 14 are each journaled upon the crank 5 at the points 15, by which arrangement an oppositely-timed movement is imparted to the coupling rods or bars 14, thereby imparting an oppositely-timed movement to each set of legs 9 and l0-that is to say,when the legs 9 are movngin one direction the legs 10 will be moving in the opposite direction.

For the purpose of imparting an 'upward movement to the different legs as they are moved forward the crankshaft 5 is so timed that as the legs move forward they will be carried upward, and when they are moved backward they will be carried downward, by which arrangement a walking movement is imparted to the toy proper.

For the purpose of assisting in holding the horse in an upright position the shafts 16 are provided, which shafts are located upon 0pposite sides of the horse in the usual manner and are connected to the side members 8 in any convenient and wellknown manner. The rear ends of the shafts 16 are connected to the blocks or bolsters 17, to which blocks or holsters is journaled the forward axle.2-;

It will be understood that the holsters or blocks 17 should be pivotally connected to the wagon-body in any convenient and wellknown manner; but this construction is not shown, inasmuch as it is an ordinary and well-known construction.

It will be understood that when the toy proper is drawn forward a rotary motion will be imparted to the cranked axle 2 by means of the rotation of the traveling wheels 18, which traveling wheels are securely attached to the axle 2, and as the axle is rotated a recipro- IOO eating motion will be imparted to the connecting-rods 4, which in turn impart a rotary motion to the shaft 5, and for the purpose of preventing the connecting-rods 4 from being set upon a dead-center the shaft 5 is provided with the bend 19, which throws the portion 2O in advance of the journal-bearings of the shaft 5.

In the drawings but .one shaft 16 is illusward movement is imparted to the legs.

For the purpose of preventing the rods 4 from binding their front or forward ends are provided with the short elongated slots 4"', said slots being so arranged that as rotary mo# tion is imparted to the cranked axle 2 and the oran ked shaft 5 a loose connection is provided between said axle and shaft, thereby providing against any inaccuracies as to the exact formation and location of the cranks 3.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 'In a toy the combination of a vehicle provided with a forward cranked axle, a gured toy provided with a center plate having pivotally connected to said center plate legs, the legs provided with slots at their upper ends, a cranked shaft journaled transversely to the toy coupling-rods journaled upon the transverse cranked shaft, and pivoted to the legs at points to one side of the pivotal points of the legs, and connecting-rods journaled upon the forward cranked axle and to the transverse cranked shaft, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a toy the combination of a vehicle provided with a forwardcran ked axle, shafts connected to the vehicle and to the figured toy, a transverse cranked shaft journaled to the E toy, coupling rods or bars journaled upon the transverse cranked shaft and pivoted to the legs, the legs provided with slots at their upper portions, and connecting-rods journaled to the cranked axle and to the cranked transverse shaft, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a toy the combination of a vehicle'provided with a forward cranked axle, rods jonrnaled to the forward cranked axle, a figured transversely thereto, pivoted legs provided with slots at their upper ends, coupling rods '6o toy provided with a cranked shaft, journaled or bars jou rnaled to the transverse cranked shaft and to the pivoted legs, and the connecting-rods provided with elongated slots at their forward ends, and the forward ends of said connecting-rods jonrnaled to the transverse cranked sha-ft and their rear ends journaled to the cranked axle, substantially as setv forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. SCHWIER.

Witnesses: i

J. A. JEFFERS, F. W. BOND. 

